Tens of thousands of dollars worth of stuff was stolen from homes across the metro recently. Now, we're showing you how to protect what's yours.

Tens of thousands of dollars worth of stuff was stolen from homes across the metro recently. Now, we're showing you how to protect what's yours.

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Updated: 12:00 PM CST Dec 4, 2014

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WEBVTT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF STUFF-- STOLEN FROM HOMES ACROSS THE METRO. WE SHOWED YOU THE STASH LAST NIGHT.. NOW FURTHER...ON HOW TO PROTECT WHAT'S YOURS. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S ADRIAN WHITSETT JOINS US LIVE. THIS REALLY IS A METRO-WIDE WARRANT OFFICERS FOUND PACKAGES ADDRESSED TO OMAHA, LA VISTA, RALSTON, BELLEVUE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE -- STARTS WITH YOUR OWN FRONT PORCH. IT STARTED WITH A 500-DOLLAR MISTAKE.(Officer Steve Walter: "He cashed his check and lost the money. He came back a few hours later frantic looking all over for this money.") THE CASH -WAS NEAR A FLOWER POT -IN FRONT OF A POLICE OFFICER'S HOME.. AND IT WOULD LEAD TO THE ARREST OF DAVID HORVATH FOR THEFT --BUT NOT FOR THE CASH --FOR THE MANY PACKAGES HE'S ACCUSED OF TAKING FROM FRONT PORCHES. (Bethany Van Horn: "We are very fortunate that our package was just advent sentimental or something very expensive." ) SOME WEREN'T AS LUCKY.(Laurie Synowiecki: "Individuals mail was taken as well and there were some checks that were several thousand dollars.") THERE ARE SOME WAYS TO HELP PROTECT YOURSELF. BRING ALL PACKAGES INSIDE AS SOON AS YOU UP..OR HAVE THEM DELIVERED TO WORK.. YOU CAN GO A STEP FURTHER.("Easiest setup, single camera system.") MANAGER AT NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART SAYS HE SEES PEOPLE ALL THE TIME LOOKING FOR MORE SECURITY.(Russell Weaver: "Generally they've had a problem or they're in a neighborhood that they have issue with and they want to be able to monitor that.") WHETHER IT'S A WIRELESS CAMERA THAT SYNCS WITH YOUR PHONE .. RIG WITH NIGHT VISION AND A 2 (Russell Weaver: "The big advantage is a customer can take the security into their own hands. Instead of a third party to work on, to monitor what's going on in their home.") WEAVER SAYS THERE ARE SEVERAL SYSTEMS OUT THERE THAT ALLOW YOU TO RECORD AND MONITOR FROM YOUR PHONE.. ALL THINGS THAT COULD HELP POLICE CRACK A CASE IF YOU BECOME A TARGET. ROB BACK TO YOU.

Protecting Your Packages

Tens of thousands of dollars worth of stuff was stolen from homes across the metro recently. Now, we're showing you how to protect what's yours.